| Cool Runnings |  | Artists: John Candy, Leon, Doug E. Doug, Rawle D. Lewis, Malik Yoba
Label: Walt Disney Video
Category: DVD
List Price: $14.99
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Sales Rank: 1,065
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD, Letterboxed, Widescreen, NTSC
Languages: English (Unknown), English (Subtitled), English (Original Language)
Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Region: 1
Discs: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Running Time: 98 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
Dimensions (in): 0 x 0 x 0
MPN: DISD17371D
ISBN: 6305428387
UPC: 717951002754
EAN: 9786305428381
ASIN: 6305428387
Publication Date: August 1, 1999
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| • | You ll love Cool Runnings - the outrageously funny comedy hit inspired by the true story of Jamaica s first Olympic bobsled team. They were four unlikely athletes with one impossible dream. Now, with the help of an ex-champion as their coach, four Jamaicans leave their sunny tropical island home and enter the chilly Winter Olympics to compete for the gold in a sport they know nothing about - bobsl |
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Description
Based on a true story, this is the comedic saga of four Jamaican athletes going to extremes to compete as bobsled racers at the Winter Olympics. With few resources and virtually no clue about winter sports, it's an uphill course for this troupe from the tropics who are sliding on thin ice as they go for the gold in Calgary, Canada. Refusing to let anything stand in their way, these four Jamaicans enlist the help of a down-and-out ex-champion American slider named Irv. Unavoidably drawn back to a sport he had come to loathe, Irv is faced with coaching a team of complete novices. But once committed, he is determined to turn them around and to somehow right the wrongs of his own failed career. It's a bumpy ride but with pride, determination, and dignity, the bobsledders make their impossible dreams come true.
Amazon.com
Based on an improbable but true story, Cool Runnings concerns the Jamaican bobsled team that competed in the 1988 Winter Olympics. Director Jon Turteltaub (Phenomenon) does a fine job with both the absurdity of the situation (the athletes had never even seen snow) and the passion behind it (their desire to compete and win). John Candy, in one of his last roles, is touching as a disgraced coach who seizes the opportunity to work with the Jamaicans as a chance for redemption. The bobsled scenes look good, and the races are exciting. The climax, which is entirely unexpected, takes the film to a wholly different level, even if events in the story don't quite match the facts. --Tom Keogh
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